How do I copy the plot in a figure to a clipboard to paste to an external application outside MATLAB?

I have a plot figure and I want to copy the figure to clipboard to paste to an external editor, say Microsoft Word.

Answer 1

[MathWorks Support Team]

The PRINT function can be used in the following format:

print -dmeta -noui

in a GUI callback. The attached GUI shows how this behavior can be achieved. To try this sample, please follow these steps:

1) Download the attached files.

2) Run the program and in the GUI, click on the push button.

3) Open MS-Word and type Ctrl+V (Paste).

[Kevin Gleason]

Could you clarify what you would like to copy? Just the axes object perhaps, as explained by this link:

https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/161117-copy-axes-to-clipboard

Otherwise, the figure is usually the whole window. The print function can take a figure handle and arguments "print(f,'-dmeta','-clipboard','-noui')". You could copy your desired objects into a new figure and print that to your clipboard. The following article may be helpful:

https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/creating_plots/copy-figure-to-clipboard-from-edit-menu.html